(director, choreographer)

Kyla Piscopink’s dance career has taken her everywhere from NFL cheerleading to the Nutcracker—and pretty much everywhere in between. Somewhere along the way, in 2008, she founded Dance Key West and has served as artistic director ever since. With Dance Key West, Kyla has presented and performed her work at Lincoln Center, Dixon Place, Triskelion Arts, and all over the stages, streets, and beaches of Key West. Kyla is most passionate about dance’s ability to connect, heal, and transform, and that passion can be seen in the DKW outreach programs she has developed, including: The ReMARCable Dance Project, Telling My Story, Dance America, and BVMP Dance & Technique.

Kyla’s choreography credits include “OK Toilet Bowl”, (a children’s music video with STEVENSTEVEN, dir: Steve Burns), two musicals at The Studios of Key West: Prime Time (by Blake Hunter & Charles Lindberg, dir: Murphy Davis), and See Jane Run!, (by Maribeth Graham & Dana P. Rowe, dir: Murphy Davis), StylePointe (a New York Fashion Week event at Dixon Place), and Five Course Love at The Red Barn Theatre (by Gregg Coffin, dir: Moritz von Stuelpnagel).

Kyla is Pilates Mat certified, has a BA in Sociology from The State University of New York at Fredonia, and teaches Performing Arts/Dance at Grace Lutheran School in Key West. Kyla is proud to be a member of American Legion Unit 1280 Auxiliary in Cassadaga, NY and the Florida Keys Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Kyla lives in Key West with her husband, Dennis, and their two children, Hendrix & Polly. For more information, please visit: kylapiscopink.com.